In his State of the State Speech Tuesday night, Gov. Mike Dunleavy will recycle the empty education slogans that constitute his alleged education reform plan, which met with statewide opposition last year and will do so again.

Dunleavy will use his speech to mention the Harvard study on charter schools that he has been promoting for the past year, misrepresenting the contents. He has repeatedly failed to acknowledge the flaws and weaknesses in that study, which have been exposed by a diligent Fairbanks high school math teacher.

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In late 2010 or early 2011, Gary Chouest, head of the family business, talked to Young on the phone, offering to raise funds for Young’s legal bills from his various family-owned companies, according to a House ethics investigation.

In January 2011, at a fundraiser in Texas, Gary handed an envelope to Young that contained a dozen $5,000 checks. The checks were from 12 family companies, all of them at 16201 East Main St. in Galliano, LA.

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It was an impulsive decision by President Trump to pardon all of the January 6 criminals, including violent offenders, according to reporting by Axios.

"Trump just said: 'Fuck it: Release 'em all,’ an adviser familiar with the discussions,” told the news site.

This contradicted the promise that Vice President Vance made eight days earlier on Fox News: "If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned."

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Sullivan always uses the “didn’t read it,” “didn’t see it,” “didn’t hear about it,” “didn’t know about it” excuse when he can’t think of what to say or is afraid that Trump will take offense.

It is a scam, of course, as Sullivan comments all the time about things he hasn’t read when he believes he is operating in a safe space.

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With Trump’s command, the federal government will waste money changing maps and documents and force federal employees to call it McKinley, but most people in Alaska will continue to call it Denali, the name that has been state policy for 50 years and was in use long before the United States came into existence.

Keep it Denali, regardless of Trump’s McKinley obsession.

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The Trump executive order that overturns dozens of actions by the Biden administration dealing with Alaska provides a clear snapshot of how Trump views the 49th state—a warehouse of resources to be handed over to the rape, ruin and run boys.

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The state salary commission, tainted by political manipulation in 2023, might produce a plan that would give the governor, lieutenant governor, commissioners and legislators automatic raises every two years based on the rate of inflation, but not this year.

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The first thing Sen. Dan Sullivan asked Lee Zeldin, nominated to head the EPA, is if he would “commit to me to come up to Alaska with me, bring your family, we can do some fishing maybe after you see all the important elements of Alaska. Big mountains.”

Sullivan, who will support all Trump nominees, always asks cabinet nominees to take junkets to Alaska. No real questions asked or answered.

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s PR man objects to a headline that appeared here on January 10: “Dunleavy claims salary study drafts have been tossed, so they are not public records.”

No records have been tossed, the Dunleavy word police told a public radio reporter. The draft copies have simply not been retained.

I have rewritten the headline to follow the edict from above: “Dunleavy claims salary study drafts have not been retained, so they are not public records.”

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Alaskans should see the $1 million results of a state salary research report that Gov. Mike Dunleavy refuses to release, according to a petition circulated by the Alaska State Employees Association.

Among other things, ASEA says it is “truly shocking” that the governor’s office claims that drafts of the report it received from the contractor have been disposed of, so they are no longer public records.

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